It's a long shot, but any chance she has a super-strong memory and has gotten to an age where it is overloaded?

That's what i'm thinking too. She's outgrowing some of her memories, and/or replacing them with a lot of new information. She's in school now, she has other siblings, she's filled with tons of experiences that are a big deal to her now. The other stuff might not have been a huge deal to her.

My daughter remembers the things I wouldn't have expected her to remember, and has no memory of the things I thought she'd remember. She remembers the cheap simple vacations, but not the expensive once in a lifetime vacations.

She remembers the time she and her cousin put stickers all over her Grandma's daybed, but has no memory of the several months we spent living on a beach in Hawaii.

My son has a crazy good memory. It would concern me if he suddenly stopped remembering things also. It could be what others have stated about the recent changes in her life, and it could be something medical also. I would certainly ask to see a neurologist just to be certain it was not medical. I always like to err on the side of caution though.

Thanks everyone. I really hope I can get some help or answers. I might need to hound our current Dr. until I get one. He is usually less than helpful with any referrals and we are on Medicaid so I can only switch primary Dr.s once a month.

DS is on Medicaid in another state but our state only requires a referral from another doctor. He doesn't specifically need a referral from the ped so if your kiddo is followed by any other specialist you may want to see if your state will allow another specialist to do the referral. I have had GI, Rehab Doc and ped all write out referrals for specialists. All the ped has to do is update your child EPSDT when the paperwork gets back to them to reflect the need.

Hopefully you have been keeping up with well child visits because Medicaid doesn't have to pay for any specialist or any other unusual medical billing without an EPSDT in place indicating need and the EPSDT visit in our state needs to be done separately from sick child visits. The EPSDT is supposed to be done with every annual well-child check up.

It's a long shot, but any chance she has a super-strong memory and has gotten to an age where it is overloaded? As in, does she still remember the things she used to recall, but doesn't have room to store the newer stuff? I heard an interview with a photographic-memory person who said this happened to her at times.

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That's what i'm thinking too. She's outgrowing some of her memories, and/or replacing them with a lot of new information. She's in school now, she has other siblings, she's filled with tons of experiences that are a big deal to her now. The other stuff might not have been a huge deal to her.

My daughter remembers the things I wouldn't have expected her to remember, and has no memory of the things I thought she'd remember. She remembers the cheap simple vacations, but not the expensive once in a lifetime vacations.

She remembers the time she and her cousin put stickers all over her Grandma's daybed, but has no memory of the several months we spent living on a beach in Hawaii.

You should still get her checked out to rule out any medical condtions, but I think these ladies may be on to something. I specifically remember this happening to me in the 1st grade. I have a very strong photographic memory of objects. I remember things from age 2-4 very clearly like it was yesterday. However, once school started and I was challenged and stimulated mentally and socially, I had less time to pay attention to objects and put them to memory. I was too busy learning. My mental picture book of elementary school isn't nearly as crystal clear.

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I would get her checked out still, but I do not think it is a big deal. She's is experiencing a lot of new things, her brain is currently focusing on learning new things at schools and probably can't keep track of everyday memories with all of the new exciting ones are taking up too much room, I remember images and scenarios and feelings from my childhood, but not everyone's names or faces etc. I recall running into my jk teacher with my mom while I was in grade one at another school and I had absolutely no idea who she was. I spent every day with her for a year and couldn't remember her. I still can't recall any of my teachers names until I hit grade one.

I don't know much but maybe look up about learning and memory stages for children. Children learn differently as toddlers and then the way they learn changes. My mom was telling me about a friend doing his doctorate on something like this and he said infants only need to hear a word to remember it but when they get older they have to say it to remember it. Not to discredit your fear, it's probably still good to have her check on, but so you don't worry too much.